By the time Dr. Mark Tutschka took over Mark Shatford's care on Dec. 13 last year, the gunshot victim's prognosis was very poor. Justin Breau, 37, is on trial in Saint John for second-degree murder in the 2019 shooting death of Mark Shatford. Shatford's family decided that he would not have wanted to be kept alive with that quality of life, Tutschka told the jury. Tutschka testified that he told the coroner that this was clearly "a coroner's case," but he said no autopsy was performed. Mark Shatford, 42, lived at 321 Duke St. West with his girlfriend and her three children.

Source: CBC News November 23, 2020 21:29 UTC